Editorial

The long-term impact of globalisation on the European single
market is undeniable. Although competitive forces deliver benefits to
consumers, the globalisation trend also causes displacement as companies shift
production and employment to lowwage economies. The market for healthcare
services is somewhat different however. The one-to-one nature of treatment,
from both the patient and provider perspective,...

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Scientific Committee Meeting in Brussels
Meeting in Brussels on 7 March 2008, the EAHM Scientific Committee
welcomed a new member, Mr. José Manuel Aldamiz Echevarria of Spain. Mr.
Echevarria succeeds his compatriot, Mr. Manel Peiro. The EAHM took the
opportunity to thank Mr. Peiro for his outstanding work on the committee and
the dedication he has shown over the years.
The proceedings focused...

Confusion Surrounds Health Services Directive
The proposal for a framework directive for crossborder healthcare
in the EU has still not been published. Its initial publi cation date had been
foreseen for 19 De cember 2007. It was shelved on 19 December due to internal
disagreement with in the European Commission. Several Commissioners' cabinets
have reservations about the proposal, as well as criticism...

Author:Rory WatsonMigration
The challenges faced by countries with insufficient numbers of
trained personnel due to the phenomenon of medical migration was one of the
main themes to emerge from the conference on the future of the health sector
organised by the European Federation of Public Service Employees (Eurofedop) in
Brussels in early March.
“Of course, this is a problem. We do not see it...

France
«CHU, Hôpital de Tous Les Défis» (University
hospital, facing all challenges )
In 2008, all French university hospitals will celebrate their
fifty years of existence. Medical reforms by Robert Debré and the crea tion of
university hospitals in 1958 have given a major impulse to the modernisation of
French medicine and medical research.
Reference hospitals, regional hospitals, they are...

Survey

Author:Dr. Carsten Frank HuttThis is the second part of the analysis
of the study “Trends in European Hospital Management”. As you know, this study
is the result of a collaboration between E-Hospital and Emergent Actio.
The first part dealt with the
interpretation of answers to questions on the size of a hospital vis-a-vis its
competitiveness, the impact of information technology on medical qu...

Globalization

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Ottmar LeißInternist and GastroenterologistGastroenterologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Mainz, GermanyEmail: [email protected] to the philosopher Odo Marquard (1), “The dominant trend
of modern global change is towards uniformity. Distinctions are being
neutralised. It is only through this process that the hard sciences can deliver
globally verifiable results; it is only through...

Author:Maciej DuszczykInstitute of Social Policy, Warsaw University, PolandEmail: [email protected] the last few years, discussions surrounding employment migration
of medical staff have been intense and ongoing in Poland. At times, members of
the medical community have used the threat of emigration against the ruling
authorities in order to secure salary increases. The issue of threats to the
Polish...

Authors:
Xavier Conill
is a member of the Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica in
the filed of innovation of health systems and he is the secretary of the
Fundació Privada Hospital Transfronterer de la Cerdanya
Email: [email protected]
Cristina Rodriguez is a consultant in the
health field and takes part in the joint management of the Cerdanya’s Hospital
project.
Jordi Boix is th

Author:
Prof. Dr. August Österle,
Research Institute for Healthcare and
Management and Health Economics,Institute for Social Policy,
Vienna University of Economics, Austria
Email:
[email protected] European integration project is built on free movement of
people, goods, services and capital. However, trust in regionally available
healthcare provisions, free or low-cost access at...

Elderly Care

Author:
Karin Hedström,
Swedish Business School at
Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
Email: [email protected] care is one area where information technology (IT) is
rapidly gaining ground. An increase in the number of elderly people, and a
demand for more advanced help and support, together with a desire to make it
possible for the elderly to live in their own houses for as long as po...

Author:
Sister Arlene Wellman,
RACOP, Royal Berkshire and Battle
Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Email:
[email protected] Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust was originally
based across two geographical sites and was consolidated onto one site in 2005.
The Elderly Care Day Hospital (ECDH) transferred to the
consolidated site in May 2005.
The EDCH had

Country Focus:Solvenia

Author:
Ana Polanc,
Public Relations Adviser, Ministry
of Health,
Ljubjlana, Slovenia
Email: [email protected] is a country with 2 million citizens.
Since 1991 it has been a democratic republic, with the full name of the
Republic of Slovenia. Slovenia covers 20,273 square kilometres, and its capital
is Ljubljana. The official language is Slovenian, and Italian and Hungarian in
areas populated...

The six health programme priorities of the Slovenian Ministry of
Health are: health improvement and preventive activities; the formulation of
national policies and strategies for enabling and promoting healthy lifestyles;
healthcare; organisation of the healthcare system; healthcare financing and
development of a model for monitoring and assessing quality in the healthcare
system.
The ehealth...

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